Quotes by Console It is perhaps sad books that best console us when we are sad. Alain de Botton consolesadnessbook There's nothing like active employment, I suppose, to console the afflicted. Anne Bronte consoleemploymentactive Distraction is the only thing that consoles us for our miseries. Yet it is itself the greatest of our miseries. Blaise Pascal consolemiserydistraction Console-toi, tu ne me chercherais pas si tu ne m'avais trouve . Comfort yourself.You would not seek me if you had not found me. Blaise Pascal consolefoundcomfort A mere trifle consoles us, for a mere trifle distresses us. Blaise Pascal distresstriflesconsole The classics can console. But not enough. Derek Walcott consoleenough The power to console is not within corporeal reach - though its attempt is precious. Emily Dickinson consolecompassionsympathy One must love life before loving its meaning ... yes, and when the love of life disappears, no meaning can console us. Fyodor Dostoevsky consolelove-lifedisappear Let's go and get drunk on light again - it has the power to console. Georges Seurat consoledrunklight Anything that consoles is fake. Iris Murdoch consolefakefake-people Never allow your own sorrow to absorb you, but seek out another to console, and you will find consolation. J. C. Macaulay consoleconsolationsorrow Be He nowhere else, God is in all that liberates and lifts, in all that humbles, sweetens, and consoles. James Russell Lowell liftsconsolegod Books console us, calm us, prepare us, enrich us and redeem us. Jose Marti consolecalmbook One of the biggest limitations on consoles is the amount of memory available to the game. Leslie Benzies consolegamesmemories The purpose of art is to console and amuse—myself, and, I hope, others. Ludwig Bemelmans consolepurposeart What consoles one nowadays is not repentance but pleasure. Repentance is quite out of date. Oscar Wilde consolerepentancepleasure
